Margherita and her friends spend the holidays quietly, on the Amalfi Coast. Meanwhile, in Nice, Margherita’s mother Nora, a blasé, depressed woman who’s always on the look for a new casual lover, is constantly followed and watched by Serge, a private eye who wasn’t able to save her from a violent attack by a rapist. Not knowing he’s a detective, Nora becomes besotted with Serge. But her husband, Arturo, is going to Nice to meet her.